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Rocktober: October 7, 2024

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07 Oct 2024 Alessandro Cortini with Aida Shahghasemi, Jeremy & Max Ylvisaker at Cedar Cultural Center Read More NIN Former Nine Inch Nail keyboard player James Woolley also died at the age of 49. Woolley was with NIN when they recorded one of their biggest hit album The Downward Spiral. The cause of death has not been release ....

07 Oct 2024 Monday

Alessandro Cortini
with Aida Shahghasemi, Jeremy & Max Ylvisaker
at Cedar Cultural Center
thecedar.org

Italian musician, instrument-builder, producer and composer Alessandro Cortini (who is probably better known for being a touring member of Nine Inch Nails) will be headlining the Cedar Cultural Center in support of his latest release Nati Infiniti.

This show is co-present by the Cedar and Drone Not Drones as part of their “Dronetober” event.

Aida Shahghasemi and Jeremy & Max Ylvisaker to open.

Tour dates:

9/5/2024 – Reykjavik, Extreme Chill IS

9/19/2024 – Glasgow, Sonica Festival UK

10/3/2024 - Albany, NY, Empire State Plaza Performing Arts Center

10/4/2024 - Queens, NY, Knockdown Center

10/6/2024 - Boston, MA, Sonia

10/7/2024 - Minneapolis, MN, The Cedar Cultural Center

10/9/2024 - Chicago, IL, Empty Bottle

10/10/2024 - Austin, TX, Central Presbyterian Church

10/11/2024 - Seattle, WA, Age Of Reflections at Seattle First Baptist

10/12/2024 - Portland, OR, Age Of Reflections at Trinity Cathedral

10/13/2024 - Los Angeles, CA, Teragram Ballroom

11/20/2024 – Brussels, Bozar BE

12/6/2024 – Berlin, Silent Green DE

1/17/2025 - Paris, Trabendo FR

07 Oct 2024 Kate Bollinger with Sharp Pins at 7th St Entry Read More Kate Bollinger Opening the show was Charlottesville’s Kate Bollinger, who was last in town in February 2022 with Faye Webster. Bollinger is joined on stage with a full band, featuring Jacob on drums, Noah on bass, and Chris on guitar. If I misheard …

07 Oct 2024 Monday

Kate Bollinger
with Sharp Pins
at 7th St Entry
first-avenue.com

Kate Bollinger is touring in support of her new album Songs From A Thousand Frames Of Mind (Ghostly International). The tour will stop by the 7th Street Entry on October 7, 2024.

Kate Bollinger at First Avenue (08 April 2023)

We saw Bollinger in April 2023, and wrote, “She covered a French song called “J’aime Les Filles”, originally by Jacques Dutronc. Translated to English, it means “I like the girls…” and the lyrics continues that he likes the girl in Castel, he likes the girls in Régine, he likes all girls. The lyrics are simple and silly, but Bollinger treats the song so seriously.”

Sharp Pins (not to be confused with PINS) to open.

Tour dates:

10/5 - Boulder CO - eTown Hall

10/7 - Minneapolis, MN - 7th St Entry +

10/8 - Chicago, IL - Lincoln Hall +

10/10 - Toronto, ON - Longboat Hall +

10/11 - Montreal, QC - Petit Campus +

10/12 - Boston, MA - Arts at The Armory +

10/13 - Brattleboro, VT - Stone Church +

10/15 - Brooklyn, NY - Music Hall of Williamsburg +

10/16 - Brooklyn, NY - Music Hall of Williamsburg #

10/17 - Philadelphia, PA - Ukie Club #

10/18 - Washington, DC - Black Cat #

10/19 - Charlottesville, VA - The Southern #

10/21 - Carrboro, NC - Cat's Cradle (Back Room) #

10/22 - Asheville, NC - Eulogy #

10/24 - Atlanta, GA - The Earl ^

10/25 - Nashville, TN - Third Man ^

10/26 - St Louis, MO - Off Broadway ^

10/28 - Fayetteville, AR - George's Majestic Lounge ^

10/29 - Oklahoma City, OK - Resonant Head ^

10/30 - Denton, TX - Rubber Gloves

11/12 - Santa Cruz, CA - Catalyst Atrium %

11/14 - Portland, OR - Wonder Ballroom %

11/15 - Seattle, WA - Madame Lou's %

11/16 - Vancouver, BC - Fortune Sound Club %

11/17 - Seattle, WA - Tractor Tavern %

11/20 - Sacramento, CA - Starlet Room %

11/21 - San Francisco, CA - The Independent %

11/22 - Los Angeles, CA - Teragram Ballroom %

+ Support from Sharp Pins
# Support from The Beak Trio
^ Support from Anastasia Coope
% Support from Tchotchke

07 Oct 2024 John Early at Fine Line Read More Comedy One of our favorite comedians of all time. We have watched most of his standups and appearances on tv shows multiple time. He is always always hilarious. If you love Rodney the way we do then you need this album in your collection. …

07 Oct 2024 Monday

John Early
at Fine Line
first-avenue.com

Multi-talented actor, comedian, writer and producer, John Early is headlining the Fine Line on Oct 7, 2024, as part of the album release for Now More Than Ever (out September 13th via Lookin' For My Denim Records/Thirty Tigers).

Tour dates:

Sept. 9 - San Diego, CA @ The Casbah

Sept. 10 - Seattle, WA @ The Showbox

Sept. 12 - Portland, OR @ Revolution Hall

Sept. 13 - San Francisco, CA @ Bimbo’s 365 Club

Sept. 17 - Los Angeles, CA @ The Bellwether

Sept. 18 - Phoenix, AZ @ The Crescent Ballroom

Sept. 20 - Dallas, TX @ Club Dada

Sept. 21 - Austin, TX @ Mohawk

Oct. 2 - Cleveland, OH @ Grog Shop

Oct. 3 - Toronto, ON @ The Opera House

Oct. 4 - Ann Arbor, MI @ Blind Pig

Oct. 5 - Chicago, IL @ Thalia Hall

Oct. 6 - Madison, WI @ Majestic Theatre

Oct. 7 - Minneapolis, MN @ The Fine Line

Oct. 13 - Philadelphia, PA @ Underground Arts

Oct. 14 - New York, NY @ Webster Hall

Oct. 15 - Boston, MA @ The Wilbur

Oct. 16 - Washington, DC @ Black Cat

Oct. 19 - Nashville, TN @ The Basement East

Oct. 20 - Atlanta, GA @ The Earl

Oct. 21 - Durham, NC @ Motorco Music Hall

If your band is coming to the Minneapolis/St Paul area, please email details to [email protected] with a good lead time. Thank you.

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Orchestra Rock

Read More Alexander 23 Show up early to check out rising pop artist, Alexander 23. Tour dates: 04/11 New York, NY Irving Plaza 04/12 Philadelphia, PA Union Transfer …

LAUFEY
laufeymusic.com

Icelandic-Chinese singer-songwriter, musician, cellist and pianist Laufey rocketed to stardom with her #1 hit with her debut single “Street By Street” on Iceland Radio… soon, her music was heard on BBC Radio 3, BBC Sounds, and was awarded Best New Artist at the Iceland Music Awards.

She teamed up with London’s Philharmonia Orchestra to share her single “Let You Break My Heart Again”, the song was taken from her debut EP Typical of Me.

Clearly, there’s a lot of buzz for Laufey, her debut US tour have quickly sold out. All North American dates will feature Ricky Montgomery or Alexander 23 as support (check your local listing).

Tour Dates:

11/05/21 - Reykjavik, Iceland @ Iceland Airwaves
11/13/21 - London, UK @ London Jazz SOLD OUT
11/18/21 - Philadelphia, PA @The Foundry^ SOLD OUT
11/20/21 - Boston, MA @ The Sinclair^
11/21/21 - Montreal, QC @ Le Ministere^ SOLD OUT
11/23/21 - Toronto, ON @ Velvet Underground^ SOLD OUT
11/27/21 - Minneapolis, MN @ 7th Street Entry* SOLD OUT
11/20/21- Washington, DC @ Songbyrd* SOLD OUT
11/28/21- Chicago, IL @ Lincoln Hall* SOLD OUT
12/02/21 - New York, NY @ Gramercy Theatre* SOLD OUT
12/04/21 - Atlanta, GA @ Vinyl* SOLD OUT
12/06/21 - Dallas, TX @ HOB Cambridge Room* SOLD OUT
12/09/21 - Los Angeles, CA @ Troubadour* SOLD OUT

^ w/ Alexander23
* w/ Ricky Montgomery

Read More Danny Elfman A couple of comments: I've previously mentioned Hans Zimmer and Danny Elfman before, so check those out. The "Batman TV Theme" was redone, possibly in the late 60s by an outfit called The Dynamic Batmen …

DANNY ELFMAN
dannyelfman.com

American composer, singer, and songwriter Danny Elfman (who started in the music industry with his band Oingo Boingo in the 80s), released his double album Big Mess on ANTI- / Epitaph Records in June 2021.

Big Mess was Elfman’s first solo record in thirty-seven years. The 4x Oscar nominated, Grammy and Emmy Award-winning composer recruited drummer Josh Freese (Devo, Weezer, The Vandals), bassist Stu Brooks (Dub Trio, Lady Gaga, Lauryn Hill), and guitarists Robin Finck (Nine Inch Nails, Guns N’ Roses) and Nili Brosh (Tony MacAlpine, Paul Gilbert) for this special project.

True

Elfman revisited one of standout singles from the album, “True”, by collaborating with NIN’s Trent Reznor.

“This is the first duet/collaboration I’ve ever done in my life, so to do it with Trent was a real surprise and a treat,” says Elfman. “He’s always been a big inspiration to me, not to mention he has one of my all-time favorite singing voices.”

If you want to check out the music video, it’s available on YouTube. The video was directed by Aron Johnson, who contributed visual effects to the Sarah Sitkin-directed music video for the album version of “True.” Johnson reinterpreted the new music video by combining brand new 3D modeling, remixed in Sitkin's archived footage of the original music video.

Big Mess is out now via ANTI- / Epitaph Records and is available on all digital streaming platforms here.

ASHLEY BATHGATE
ashleybathgate.com

New York’s cellist Ashley Bathgate will be performing Michael Gordon’s House Music live at a special undisclosed Minneapolis location (the location will be revealed for guests).

This event is sponsored by Meal Magazine and Novel Stages, and will feature an evening created and poured by 3leche (Marco Zappia, Dustin Nguyen, and Adam Witherspoon). 3leche is the acclaimed team behind the bars at Minneapolis restaurants Martina and Colita.

The price of entry is $100, but considering you are getting a live concert with unlimited cocktails, it sounds like a deal, if you enjoy drinking and classical music. If that sounds good, head over to Eventbrite.com for tickets.

Important Note Regarding COVID-19

Given the new data that has come to light about Covid-19 and the impacts of the Delta variant specifically, I want to update you with some important decisions we’ve made about the evening:

1. Your safety is our highest priority, so all ticket holders, staff, and performers will be required to show off of vaccination or a negative Covid test within 48 hours. If you have questions about the event or this policy, feel free to reach out with any questions!

2. We will be requiring masks to be worn indoors. Although the event is being held almost exclusively outside, you will be passing through the house when checking in, and when you use the restroom. Please bring a mask. If you forget one, we will have disposable masks available for you to use.

While we won’t be requiring mask use outdoors, you are encouraged to wear it while up and about, or as much as you’d like.

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R.I.P. Matt Roberts (3 Doors Down), Lou Pearlman (Backstreet Boys), and Tom Searle (Architects)

Read More Backstreet Boys "Backstreet's Back Alright!" Does saying that ever get old? No, and it was affectionately covered by SSLYBY and Ha Ha Tonka on their encore, so you know Backstreet Boys are still relevant. .... NIN Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross have scored David Fincher's new film "The Social Network", I was expecting it to sound more or less like the Dust Brothers' "Fight Club" soundtrack, ....

Former 3 Doors Down’s guitarist Matt Roberts has died yesterday (August 20th) from an apparent overdose just outside Milwaukee at a charity event, according to tmz.com.

Roberts co-wrote one of 3 Doors Down’s biggest hit song ‘Kryptonite’, but the band in 2012 for health issues. He was 38 years old.

Also yesterday, metalcore Architects’ founding guitarist Tom Searle lost his life at the age of 28 to melanoma skin cancer. Tom’s twin brother Dan Searle wrote, “We want to carry on, that is important to say, and we will strive to do so, but we will not release any music unless we truly believe that it is something that Tom would have been proud of. Whether or not we can achieve that is something that we will have to discover in time.”

Note: Not to be confused with punk band The Architects, who we saw opened up for Agent Orange last Oct 2014.

Lou Pearlman, the man who created ‘Nsync and Backstreet Boys has died at the age of 62 in prison on Friday night (August 19th) as he was serving a 25-year-sentence from a convicted Ponzi scheme, according to tmz.com. The cause of death is not known.

Closer to home, hornist Kendall Betts from Minnesota Orchestra recently passed away at the age of 68 to cancer. Betts established the Betts Horn Camp (KBHC) in New Hampshire in 1994, a learning center for players and horn enthusiasts. According to canadianbrass.com, Betts joined Canadian Brass in 2004.

Former Nine Inch Nail keyboard player James Woolley also died at the age of 49. Woolley was with NIN when they recorded one of their biggest hit album The Downward Spiral. The cause of death has not been release, but NIN’s Trent Reznor talked to Rolling Stone about his death: “Terrible news regarding James. I hadn’t crossed paths with him for some time, but always thought of him fondly. He was a fun character to be around, a solid musician and a genuinely good guy. Those of us from that era of the band have been sharing ‘James’ stories ... lots of laughs and love and sadness. Wishing his family the very best.”

Below are more deaths for the month of August - for the full death list: Musicians who died in 2016.

August (28)

[20 Aug 2016] Daniela Dessì, 59, cancer

[20 Aug 2016] Matt Roberts (3 Doors Down), 38, prescription drug overdose

[20 Aug 2016] Tom Searle (Architects), 28, cancer

[20 Aug 2016] Louis Stewart, 72

[19 Aug 2016] Adrian Enescu, 68

[19 Aug 2016] Lou Pearlman (Backstreet Boys), 62

[19 Aug 2016] Horacio Salgán, 100

[17 Aug 2016] Preston Hubbard (The Fabulous Thunderbirds), 63

[16 Aug 2016] Kendall Betts (Minnesota Orchestra), 68, lung cancer

[15 Aug 2016] Bobby Hutcherson, 75

[14 Aug 2016] DJ Official, 39, bone marrow cancer

[14 Aug 2016] Lorenzo Piani, 60

[14 Aug 2016] James Woolley (NIN), 49

[14 Aug 2016] Taylor Tolle (The Carnegies), 20s, car crash

[14 Aug 2016] DJ Official, 39, bone marrow cancer

[13 Aug 2016] Connie Crothers, 75, cancer

[12 Aug 2016] Ruby Wilson, 68, heart attack

[11 Aug 2016] David Enthoven (manager of T.Rex), 72

[11 Aug 2016] Glenn Yarbrough (The Limeliters), 86

[09 Aug 2016] Padraig Duggan (The Duggans), 67

[07 Aug 2016] B. E. Taylor, 65, brain cancer

[07 Aug 2016] Dolores Vargas, 80, leukemia

[06 Aug 2016] Pete Fountain, 86

[06 Aug 2016] József Laux (Locomotiv GT), 73

[05 Aug 2016] LRichard Fagan, 69, liver cancer

[05 Aug 2016] Vander Lee, 50

[04 Aug 2016] Snaffu Rigor, 69, lung cancer

[03 Aug 2016] Ricci Martin, 62

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W♥M211: Nineties Music News

W♥M211: Nineties Music News (45 mins) Read More The Orwells Perhaps you caught Elmhurst, Illinois quintet The Orwells’ now notorious performance on David Letterman this past Wednesday night or at least caught wind of it as the video blew up all over …

Emily and Vu discuss the latest music news on W♥M Radio.

Many of these stories can be seen on news.weheartmusic.com.

Topics:

A Man Called Destruction: The Life and Music of Alex Chilton, From Box Tops to Big Star to Backdoor Man by Holly George-Warren
Source: weheartmusic.typepad.com

Gwar Dave Brockie, aka Oderus Urungus, dies
Source: usatoday.com

Nine Inch Nails and Soundgarden are touring together
Source: news.weheartmusic.com

Brody Dalle's Parties for Prostitutes on Rolling Stone
Source: news.weheartmusic.com

Veruca Salt Reunion
Source: news.weheartmusic.com

Bikini Kill's Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah out April 15th
Source: news.weheartmusic.com

Afghan Whigs' Do To the Beast out April 15th
Source: pitchfork.com

Disgraceland The Orwells

The Orwells Announce New Album "Disgraceland"; June 3rd
Source: news.weheartmusic.com

The Orwells are on tour:

03/25 -- Seattle, WA -- Neumos
03/29 -- Columbus, OH -- LC Indoor Pavillion
04/01 -- Chicago, IL -- Lincoln Hall
04/02 -- Minneapolis, MN -- Triple Rock
04/19 -- Richmond, VA -- WRXL Chili Cookoff
04/23 -- Buffalo, NY -- Waiting Room
04/30 -- Peoria, IL -- Bradley University
05/10 -- Maryland Heights, MO -- KPNT Pointfest
05/31 -- Houston, TX -- Free Press Summer Festival
07/13 -- Cincinnati, OH -- Bunbury Music Festival

BONUS: Game of Thrones, more Veruca Salt, and Garbage/Angelfish

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